November 3, 2026

The farm as a classroom: How to build your own day camp

E ach summer, the Suffolk County Farm & Education Center in Yaphank, NY, run by CCE Suffolk, hums with campers. They’re in the pastures with livestock, doing crafts in the fields, performing in talent shows in the historic hay barn or taking wagon rides.

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Is there hope for honey locust?

by Enrico Villamaino

November 3, 2026

A prickly tree with a sweet secret could help reshape the future of farming. Honey locust ( Gleditsia triacanthos ) has long provided food for people ...

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UConn Dairy Club & the Big Eats Contest at the Big E

by Laura Rodley

October 28, 2026

When the other cows go home, UConn Dairy Club members bring their beef and dairy cows to the Big E. “It’s the one week out of the Big E where there ar...

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Grassy Cow Dairy takes a disruptive approach

by Matt Volz, CCE Oneida Ag Community Educator

October 28, 2026

REMSEN, NY – Not many want to be labeled “disrupters,” but in Leon Atwell’s context of improving pasture fields, being disruptive and adaptive in his ...

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Stop it before it happens: What scammers do & how they do it

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October 28, 2026

The statistics are sobering: cybercrime was a $14 billion business in 2024. Worse, cybercrimes are no longer the work of teenagers in basements gainin...